Savills Planning Team in Cambridge are instructed on behalf of St John's College, Cambridge to submit responses to the Issues and Options Report on the CNFE having regard to the College's landholdings and land interests at St John's Innovation Park west of Cowley Road and east of Milton Road.

It is the case that developments within any Cambridge Northern Fringe AAP area will need to be in accordance with the policy within the Adopted Local Plan which is currently at Examination at present. Policy 60 of that Plan together with Appendix F provides the detailed policy context for the policy applicable to Tall Buildings and the Skyline. The guidance within the emerging Local Plan provides a robust set of criteria to assist in assessing the likely impact of a tall building or buildings but in short, it is the intention of the guidance to ensure that the overall character and the qualities of the Cambridge skyline should be maintained and where appropriate enhanced as the City continues to grow and develop. In the context of the opportunities afforded by the CNFE Plan area, it is considered that the applicability of all of the various criteria contained within the Local Plan policy is appropriate and that as one would expect, applicants will be expected to provide a clear justification for tall buildings within any submitted Design and Access Statement accompanying the application. In the case where the Councils acknowledge the potential of plot densification on the St John's College landholdings around the Innovation Park (and which has been the subject of separate responses to your questions raised) then it is the context of those buildings and the surrounding areas that will be key criteria in assessing the acceptability of building heights in that local area.

In terms of supporting an objection to the policy, it is clear that whatever policy emerges from the APP that it must be in accordance with the policy in the Adopted Plan.